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Foil kiting inside the reef at the Sweetspot Adventure Camp at East End, Grand Cayman.

More at:
http://www.gotothesweetspot.com/kite...p-cayman-2014/



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Can you say squall line? Here's a nice one. Winds had already dropped and shifted offshore before this one arrived. Often, the winds may persist and then go nuclear just before these bad boys pass over. Lots of kiters have been hurt by them and quite a few killed.

They are often easy to anticipate, I recall the one that killed a CT kiter was evident four days in advance. You can see them coming often enough. They also can pass quickly at times. If you know they are coming, that is the time to be off the water, kite down and secured for the short time it passes over. The wind can change on the backside, increase, change direction often by 90 degrees, or drop along with the temperature. Watermen need to know this stuff and act on it, in advance.


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Some shots from a late day session on


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Some real intriguing video footage from all over in this one.

... and now, for a public service announcement that has nothing, we hope, to do with kiting. So go forth with a clean conscious, atmosphere and uh bowels ... in good wind!





This is a real product, you can find it on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Poo-Pourri-Ori...=poo+potpourri



Mr. Hankey might have some competition.

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Some recent images from Eleuthera ...


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Weaving through the dead coral head minefield off Harbour Island Beach.


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Flying over the dramatic setting of Glass Window Bridge separating North from
Central Eluethera.


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Climbing down into the Queens Bath for a closer look, watch out for those waves!


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Kiting back from the Glass Window Bridge.
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Some images from a recent sunset session …


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Who said instructors can not walk on water? :)

https://pp.vk.me/c620730/v620730585/...lP9fwqW6KE.jpg

An amazing capture of an apparent student/instructor induced kite loop. The water looks shallow, hope the student came through without getting too badly banged up. Just noticed it looks a bit wet, possibly squally out. Wonder if the instructor kept the student out when they got hit by some gusts? It has happened before sad to say.

Sadly a kite will not work in these conditions...

http://forum.kitepunks.ru/forum/down...le.php?id=1266